Lake Trout
Lake Trout

Author: Ross H. Shickler

Publisher: Derrydale Press

Published: 2001-10-30

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1461708184

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The lake trout is one of the most elusive fish in North America-and one of the most captivating. Based on thirty years of fishing experience, Lake Trout offers an in depth look at this majestic fish including everything from the biology of the fish to the history of the areas surrounding the lakes in which they live. The first two chapters explore the evolution of the lake trout fisherman and the lessons that have been learned over the years by the authors' predecessors. Throughout Lake Trout, Edward Eveland and Ross Shickler include anecdotes of their first fishing experiences in Canada and the northern United States and the various successes, failures, and awe-inspiring moments they met along the way. Also discussed is the future of the lake trout including pollution fears, over-fishing and shrinking habitats.

Freshwater Gamefish of North America
Freshwater Gamefish of North America

Author: Dick Sternberg

Publisher: Random House Canada

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780865730540

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Includes hundreds of color photographs, this book presents the most up-to-date, accurate information available on significant gamefish species found on the continent.

Musky Country
Musky Country

Author: Willow Creek Press

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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-- The first coffee table-type book dedicated to America's premier freshwater big game fish. A handsome full-color volume which accurately depicts the life history, research, lore and mystique that surround the fascinating muskellunge. -- The best known names in the world of the muskellunge today have teamed up to provide a highly informative and colorful text. Expert biologists, historians and fishermen share their knowledge for this definitive look at the musky. From aboriginal use through modern day, Musky Country explores the great risks relationship with man. U.S. presidents and Hollywood starlets have found themselves drawn into the culture that is musky fishing. Strikingly illustrated with full-color and historic photographs.

Freshwater Game Fish of North America
Freshwater Game Fish of North America

Author: Peter G. Thompson

Publisher: Down East Books

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 814

ISBN-13: 0892728949

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This book is a magnificently illustrated volume that will help anglers, scientists, and nature lovers to identify and appreciate North American freshwater game fish. Along with illustrations that showcase gender color variations for each species, Thompson provides information about fish biology, behavior, and habitats. Common and scientific names are provided, as are range maps and information about each fish family's global range, physical traits, diet, significance to humans, and present status regarding its potential endangerment.

Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii
Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii

Author: Harold A. Mooney

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1461249880

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The diversity of the earth's climates superimposed upon a complex configuration of physical features has provided the conditions for the evolution of a remarkable array of living things which are linked together into complex ecosystems. The kinds of organisms comprising the ecosystems of the world, and the nature of their interactions, have constantly changed through time due to coevolutionary interactions along with the effects of a continually changing physical environ ment. In recent evolutionary time there has been a dramatic and ever-accelerating rate of change in the configuration of these ecosystems because of the increasing influence of human beings. These changes range from subtle modifications caused by anthropogenically induced alterations in atmospheric properties to the total destruction of ecosystems. Many of these modifications have provided the fuel, food, and fiber which have allowed the expansion of human populations. Unfortunately, there have been many unanticipated changes which accompanied these modifications which have had effects detrimental to human welfare in cluding substantial changes in water and air quality. For example, the use of high-sulfur coal to produce energy in parts of North America is altering the properties of freshwater lakes and forests because of acidification.

Freshwater Fish of the Northeast
Freshwater Fish of the Northeast

Author: David A. Patterson

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1584658193

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From the redfin pickerel to the blueback trout, this vividly illustrated guide from a father-and-son author/illustrator team describes more than 60 freshwater fish from the ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams of New England and New York.